Controlling display device with display portions through touch-sensitive display

Abstract

A display device with a plurality of display portions; each display portion being a television or areas of a screen of a television. The display device can be controlled by a control device such as a portable device which includes a touch-sensitive display unit and a control unit. The touch-sensitive display unit displays a graphic user interface (GUI) corresponding to the display device. The control unit produces operation parameter(s) according to touch operation(s) on the touch-sensitive display unit and transmits the operation parameter(s) to the display device, thereby enabling the display device to modify image(s) actually displayed, by changing the position or the size of the image(s) actually displayed, according to the operation parameter(s).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display system, comprising:
 a display device comprising a plurality of display portions, wherein the display device selectively displays one or more images individually and jointly through at least a portion of the display portions and modifies the one or more images according to one or more operation parameters; and   a control device, comprising:
 a touch-sensitive display unit displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to the display device; and 
 a control unit producing the one or more operation parameters according to one or more touch operations on the touch-sensitive display unit. 
   
     
     
         2 . The display system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the display portions comprises one of a display and an area of a screen of a display. 
     
     
         3 . The display system of  claim 2 , wherein the GUI comprises a plurality of blocks arranged corresponding to the layout of the display portions in the display device, one or more of the blocks correspond to a display portion. 
     
     
         4 . The display system of  claim 3 , wherein the display device modifies the one or more images by changing the position of the one or more images on the display portions. 
     
     
         5 . The display system of  claim 4 , wherein the touch-sensitive display unit comprises a plurality of responsive areas each corresponding to one of the blocks, the display device changes the position of the one or more images according to a direction when the one or more operation parameters correspond to the one or more touch operations extending across adjacent responsive areas along one or more tracks of the direction. 
     
     
         6 . The display system of  claim 3 , wherein the display device modifies the one or more images by changing the size of the one or more images on the display portions. 
     
     
         7 . The display system of  claim 6 , wherein the touch-sensitive display unit comprises a plurality of responsive areas each corresponding to one of the blocks, the display device changes the size of the one or more images according to a direction when the one or more operation parameters correspond to one of the touch operations extending across adjacent responsive areas along a track of the direction and another of the touch operations being within the responsive area. 
     
     
         8 . The display system of  claim 6 , wherein the touch-sensitive display unit comprises a plurality of responsive areas each corresponding to one of the blocks, the display device changes the size of the one or more images according to a first direction and a second direction when the one or more operation parameters correspond to one of the touch operations extending across adjacent responsive areas along a first track of the first direction and another of the touch operations extending across adjacent responsive areas along a second track of the second direction. 
     
     
         9 . The display system of  claim 3 , wherein each of the blocks corresponds to a display portion, the GUI comprises one or more image symbols each corresponding to an image, the one or more image symbols are modified according to the one or more operation parameters. 
     
     
         10 . The display system of  claim 1 , wherein the control device is a portable device, the portable device communicates with the display device through a wireless network. 
     
     
         11 . A display control method, comprising:
 displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to a display device with a plurality of display portions and selectively displaying one or more images individually and jointly through at least a portion of the display portions;   producing one or more operation parameters according to one or more touch operations;   transmitting the one or more operation parameters to the display device to enable the display device to modify the one or more images according to the one or more operation parameters.   
     
     
         12 . The display control method of  claim 11 , wherein the step of displaying the GUI comprises:
 displaying the GUI comprising a plurality of blocks arranged corresponding to the layout of the display portions in the display device with the display portions and selectively displaying the one or more images individually and jointly through at least a portion of the display portions, such that one or more of the blocks correspond to a display portion.   
     
     
         13 . The display control method of  claim 12 , wherein the step of producing the one or more operation parameters comprises:
 producing the one or more operation parameters according to one or more touch operations on a touch-sensitive display unit when the one or more touch operations extend across adjacent responsive areas of the touch-sensitive display unit each corresponding to one of the blocks along one or more tracks of a direction;   the step of transmitting the one or more operation parameters comprises:   transmitting the one or more operation parameters to the display device to enable the display device to change the position of the one or more images according to the direction.   
     
     
         14 . The display control method of  claim 12 , wherein the step of producing the one or more operation parameters comprises:
 producing the one or more operation parameters according to one or more touch operations on a touch-sensitive display unit when one of the touch operations extends across adjacent responsive areas of the touch-sensitive display unit each corresponding to one of the blocks along a track of a direction and another of the touch operations is within the responsive area;   the step of transmitting the one or more operation parameters comprises:   transmitting the one or more operation parameters to the display device to enable the display device to change the size of the one or more images according to the direction.   
     
     
         15 . The display control method of  claim 12 , wherein the step of producing the one or more operation parameters comprises:
 producing the one or more operation parameters according to one or more touch operations on a touch-sensitive display unit when one of the touch operations extends across adjacent responsive areas of the touch-sensitive display unit each corresponding to one of the blocks along a first track of a first direction and another of the touch operations extends across adjacent responsive areas along a second track of a second direction;   the step of transmitting the one or more operation parameters comprises:   transmitting the one or more operation parameters to the display device to enable the display device to change the size of the one or more images according to the first direction and the second direction.   
     
     
         16 . The display control method of  claim 12 , wherein the step of displaying the GUI comprises:
 displaying the GUI comprising the plurality of blocks arranged corresponding to the layout of the display portions in the display device and one or more image symbols, such that each of the blocks corresponds to a display portion and each of the one or more image symbols corresponds to an image.   
     
     
         17 . A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and an executable computer program mechanism embedded therein, the executable computer program mechanism comprising instructions for:
 displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to a display device with a plurality of display portions and selectively displaying one or more images individually and jointly through at least a portion of the display portions;   producing one or more operation parameters according to one or more touch operations; and   transmitting the one or more operation parameters to the display device to enable the display device to modify the one or more images according to the one or more operation parameters.   
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 17 , wherein the step of displaying the GUI comprises:
 displaying the GUI comprising the plurality of blocks arranged corresponding to the layout of the display portions in the display device with the display portions and selectively displaying the one or more images individually and jointly through at least a portion of the display portions, such that one or more of the blocks correspond to a display portion.